Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs

One of the most American sounding things I've ever heard. New quite a few tracks but never knew who recorded them.

I doubt this will be something I listen to often, but I enjoyed listening through it once.

This album is simply awful. Nonsence cowboy music.

Favourite song: There really wasnt one
Least favourite: All of them
Album artwork: Very American

Good songs, well-recorded. Like a musical version of diner food. Nothing unexpected or brilliant but a solid, comforting meal if slightly boring.

I didn't have high hopes, but I thoroughly enjoyed this album. Every track was fantastic

This is good for what it is but really not my thing.

Thank you Fallout

Favourite songs: Big Iron, El Paso, Utah Carol, The Little Green Valley, The Strawberry Roan

Least favourite songs: In the Valley

4/5

I had no idea being a cowboy was so boring.

Don Law's influence on American music cannot be overstated.

this came out of left field, the album from the 'el paso' song from breaking bad is awesome!

maybe a bit repetitive but great! 4.5/5 rounding up

Fantastic storyteller. Absolutely love Big Iron, The Master's Call, and El Paso.

That was quite a lot of gunslinger ballads. I started very interested and loved the stories but after awhile I felt like there was no way that many characters had 20 notches on their guns. The storytelling was still the most interesting part. The music itself wasn't bad per se but after a few songs it sounded a bit repetitive. The western music genre has had a resurgence of popularity due to its use in popular media, and that's a fine place for it, but I don't think I would sit and listen to this album again.

Now Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs is how you do country music in the 50s. As you can guess from that statement, this album does what it wants to do as well as it can. The main thing that stuck out to me was the lyrics which just show that Marty Robbins is quite the storyteller with his songs telling stories in some pretty interesting ways. The music is alright albeit nothing special. It can sound good sometimes but other times, it can get pretty forgettable. But even then its not exactly what i would think of as the main selling point of this album. Its the stories that it tells that are and this album does those well.
Best Song: Big Iron
Worst Song: Cool Water

I've never really been much of a Westerns (apart from Red Dead Redemption) guy, so I don't have a lot of context for the lyrics on here. Nothing to complain about here though really, some of the songs were a bit samey, but all very pleasant to listen to. Production is good, it sounded really clear coming through my Pip-Boy...anyone got any spare Rad-ex?

Listening to this album is like expecting a serial killer to perform their craft...

Enjoyable listen, more for way way background music.

I don’t like country music, but this one took me by surprised, good story telling

My sibling has always said this album reminded them of my late grandfather, and while I don't totally see it, I do get the vibe that those who would've heard this album when it released would've been the coolest of cool, a total cowboy in the truest of (fictional) forms. The guitar playing is great, the singing is great, and its all got this mix of coziness and great storytelling, like watching one of those Western TV shows. Its repetitive, I'd even say some songs sound the exact same save for a chord here or there, but I still enjoyed myself enough. Perhaps cut out some of the fluff and this would be like an exciting addition to a story you were already in the middle of, but instead it has too much filler. Someone should make a list of all the episodes (songs) I have to watch (listen to) so I can skip the fluff, eh?

Fun album

Überraschend angenehmes Western Album aus den späten 50ern. Geschichten von bösen und rauen Westernhelden. Klar ausgedrückt mit schlüssigem Melodie Arrangement. Das Album versetzt den Hörer in eine andere Zeit ohne E-Mail, Social-Media und Reizüberflutung. Es ist perfekte Entschleunigung … vielleicht ein wenig zu schlulzig. Ich hoffe “Billy the Kid” knallt mich nun nicht ab 😉

I think I’m resonating with the gunfighter ballads. Not so much the trail songs. But this is better than I expected.

Highlights: Big Iron, They’re Hanging Me Tonight

I have absolutely no idea how to rate this album. It's so outside of the realm of music that I've been exposed to that I barely know what I'm listening to. I'll tell you one thing, though: it's fucking violent. All the old people that cry about hip hop music -- this is an entire album dedicated to shooting people! Hanging Me Tonight is a story about a dude that murders his ex-girlfriend and her new man in cold blood. There's an ode to Billy the Kid, a notorious murderer; a serial killer feted in Big Iron; and is chock full of stories that glorify the robbing, killing, and all-around depravity of the thug life.

Marty Robbins is about that life. Who knew?